Promise of Tomorrow vs The Scarab God
Asked by ChaorNightshade 1 year ago
So i was battling against another player in EDH with The Scarab God as my commander. They took control of it using Helm of Possession, and they have the enchantment Promise of tomorrow. The Scarab God effect: "When The Scarab God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step." Promise of Tomorrow: "Whenever a creature you control dies, exile it."
Now, obviously i would put my commander back in it's zone normally, but since it has the dies effect, wouldn't Promise of Tomorrow trigger the Scarab God's effect?
Rhadamanthus says... #2
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Delphen7 says... Accepted answer #1
For future reference, you can link cards with double brackets ( [ ] these guys). The Scarab God, Helm of Possession, Promise of Tomorrow.
When Scarab God dies, two triggers will go on the stack. "When creature dies, exile it" and "When this creature dies, return to hand next end step" (This ability essentially points to the graveyard to an exact Scarab God).
Regardless of the order they resolve in, Scarab God will end up exiled. When the end step comes around, Scarab God's delayed trigger will go onto the stack. When it resolves it'll look where it was pointing (A specific S.G. in the graveyard), and see there is not one in the graveyard, so it won't return S.G. to your hand.
Ruling on The Scarab God: "If this creature dies but leaves your graveyard before the next end step, it will remain in its new zone. (2017-07-14)"
October 6, 2022 9:32 a.m.